☭POLITICS☭: Election Season Hell

[cruststache]

Aug 27, 2024 5:14:05 GMT -5 Mr. Dingle Foot said:

Hey smarties, I got a question:

Should governments (perhaps local but probably state) limit the amount of square footage that an individual can own (corporations would also be under similar restrictions)? If so, how much is enough to own and allow a comfortable life without being too generous for properties with oversized lawns or three-headed families from owning houses with over 2k sqft (not including yards)?

Thanks!

If that's a problem, then you have to say these elite neighborhoods that love zoning laws need to live by same standard. I get it I love old architecture but we can build not old school soviet blocks and house the poor. Also as for homeless populations some of ot has to do with the end of single room occupancy places. Doesn't mean they need to be shitholes, but you need place that's dirt cheap to get back on your feet.

[johnny two cool]

Aug 27, 2024 5:14:37 GMT -5 Mr. Dingle Foot said:

P.s. it is a real shame narc is such a punisher cause he seems kinda smart.

God knew that I’d be too powerful if he gave me the ability to exercise restraint

[Mr. Dingle Foot]

Aug 27, 2024 8:47:07 GMT -5 johnny two cool said:

Aug 27, 2024 5:14:37 GMT -5 Mr. Dingle Foot said:

P.s. it is a real shame narc is such a punisher cause he seems kinda smart.

God knew that I’d be too powerful if he gave me the ability to exercise restraint

personally glad he gave me the strength to put you on ignore.

[johnny two cool]

Aug 27, 2024 9:00:24 GMT -5 Mr. Dingle Foot said:

Aug 27, 2024 8:47:07 GMT -5 johnny two cool said:

God knew that I’d be too powerful if he gave me the ability to exercise restraint

personally glad he gave me the strength to put you on ignore.

But I have so many impressive insights to share. For example, instead of abstracting private sector innovations from their conditions (and ignoring the insane amount of waste and everything else, we could look at public sector innovations instead. I think what Minnesota has accomplished with GIS should be of far greater interest to leftists.

[The Last Online Marxist]

I’m really really smart and humble

[carl carlson]

it’s crustaches thread everyone else is just posting in it

[The Last Online Marxist]

Not yet. Not until I officially hand it off. It's my thread. My beautiful creation. With that said... crustsache... i hereby present to you... ownership of the politics thread! Congratulations! May your stewardship usher in an era of peace and harmony! Cheers!

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[johnny two cool]

I am looking at the data

[johnny two cool]

the data says we need more Bus Rapid Transit (BRT). 

[cruststache]

Aug 27, 2024 10:40:39 GMT -5 johnny two cool said:

the data says we need more Bus Rapid Transit (BRT). 

Probably affordable if they'd stop subsidizing elons teslas

[meatballmaniac]

Aug 27, 2024 10:38:07 GMT -5 johnny two cool said:

I am looking at the data

is the data my penis?

[johnny two cool]

It is affordable. It exists already. the federal government has provided substantial funding, especially recently. The federal government is barely a problem in this regard. State government typically is, especially in states that typically have Republican control of the governorship and statehouse. Various boards and neighborhood associations are also the obstacle. This is part of the reason why Project 2025 is so bad, because it changes the definition of public transit and explicitly prevents USDOT from providing grant money to city and county agencies. 

[cfloyd3]

I hope Elon dies in a self driving car accident

[johnny two cool]

Speaking of autonomous and semi-autonomous vehicles, Automated Bus Rapid Transit (ABRT) is much more achievable and practical than self-driving private automobiles. It has also performed much better in tests, and bus drivers were really enthusiastic about some of the features provided by autonomous innovations.


Butcher, Lawrence. “New Flyer Previews Level 4 Autonomous Transit Bus.” Autonomous Vehicle International, February 1, 2021. www.autonomousvehicleinternational.com/videos/new-flyer-previews-level-4-autonomous-transit-bus.html.

Gregg, Rob, and Brian Pessaro. “Vehicle Assist and Automation (VAA) Demonstration Evaluation Report.” Federal Transit Administration & National Bus Rapid Transit Institute, January 2016. www.transit.dot.gov/sites/fta.dot.gov/files/docs/FTA_Report_No._0093.pdf.


Lacaze, Alberto. “ABRT: Reducing Congestion, Costs While Improving Safety, Efficiency.” Mass Transit Magazine, June 8, 2021. www.masstransitmag.com/alt-mobility/autonomous-vehicles/article/21223068/abrt-reducing-congestion-costs-while-improving-safety-efficiency.


Li, Jing-Quan, Song Myoung Kyun, Meng Li, Wei-Bin Zhang, and Mark Miller. “Evaluation of Cost-Effective Planning and Design Options for Bus Rapid Transit in Dedicated Bus Lanes.” Final. Richmond, CA and Sacramento, CA: California PATH and California Department of Transportation Division of Research and Innovation, February 2009. dot.ca.gov/-/media/dot-media/programs/research-innovation-system-information/documents/final-reports/ca09-0952-finalreport-a11y.pdf.


Shladover, Steven, and Benjamin McKeever. “Early Opportunities to Apply Automation in California Managed Lanes.” Final Report 3/1/16 to 08/31/2018. Sacramento CA: State of California Department of Transportation (Sponsoring Organization) & California PATH Program, Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Berkeley (Performing Organization), 2018. dot.ca.gov/-/media/dot-media/programs/research-innovation-system-information/documents/final-reports/ca19-2910-finalreport-a11y.pdf.


Tan, Han-Shue, Jihua Huang, Fanping Bu, Susan Dicky, David Nelson, Thang Liang, Hui Peng, and Wei-Bin Zhang. “Vehicle Assist and Automation Demonstration Report.” Richmond, CA and Sacramento, CA: Partners for Advanced Transportation Technology (PATH) and California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), December 2016. dot.ca.gov/-/media/dot-media/programs/research-innovation-system-information/documents/ca16-2508-finalreport-a11y.pdf.

Zhang, Yixin, Xumei Chen, Yatao Zhao, Jiaxin Ma, and Lei Yu. “A Methodology for Measuring the Environmental Effect of Autonomous Bus Considering Platooning.” Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment 107, no. 103300 (June 2022). doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2022.103300.

[Thin Lizzy Gulag Graduate]

Buses are cool but only losers ride the bus in nyc

[johnny two cool]

everyone will ride the bus.

[The Last Online Marxist]

Aug 27, 2024 11:03:08 GMT -5 johnny two cool said:

Speaking of autonomous and semi-autonomous vehicles, Automated Bus Rapid Transit (ABRT) is much more achievable and practical than self-driving private automobiles. It has also performed much better in tests, and bus drivers were really enthusiastic about some of the features provided by autonomous innovations.


Butcher, Lawrence. “New Flyer Previews Level 4 Autonomous Transit Bus.” Autonomous Vehicle International, February 1, 2021. www.autonomousvehicleinternational.com/videos/new-flyer-previews-level-4-autonomous-transit-bus.html.

Gregg, Rob, and Brian Pessaro. “Vehicle Assist and Automation (VAA) Demonstration Evaluation Report.” Federal Transit Administration & National Bus Rapid Transit Institute, January 2016. www.transit.dot.gov/sites/fta.dot.gov/files/docs/FTA_Report_No._0093.pdf.


Lacaze, Alberto. “ABRT: Reducing Congestion, Costs While Improving Safety, Efficiency.” Mass Transit Magazine, June 8, 2021. www.masstransitmag.com/alt-mobility/autonomous-vehicles/article/21223068/abrt-reducing-congestion-costs-while-improving-safety-efficiency.


Li, Jing-Quan, Song Myoung Kyun, Meng Li, Wei-Bin Zhang, and Mark Miller. “Evaluation of Cost-Effective Planning and Design Options for Bus Rapid Transit in Dedicated Bus Lanes.” Final. Richmond, CA and Sacramento, CA: California PATH and California Department of Transportation Division of Research and Innovation, February 2009. dot.ca.gov/-/media/dot-media/programs/research-innovation-system-information/documents/final-reports/ca09-0952-finalreport-a11y.pdf.


Shladover, Steven, and Benjamin McKeever. “Early Opportunities to Apply Automation in California Managed Lanes.” Final Report 3/1/16 to 08/31/2018. Sacramento CA: State of California Department of Transportation (Sponsoring Organization) & California PATH Program, Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Berkeley (Performing Organization), 2018. dot.ca.gov/-/media/dot-media/programs/research-innovation-system-information/documents/final-reports/ca19-2910-finalreport-a11y.pdf.


Tan, Han-Shue, Jihua Huang, Fanping Bu, Susan Dicky, David Nelson, Thang Liang, Hui Peng, and Wei-Bin Zhang. “Vehicle Assist and Automation Demonstration Report.” Richmond, CA and Sacramento, CA: Partners for Advanced Transportation Technology (PATH) and California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), December 2016. dot.ca.gov/-/media/dot-media/programs/research-innovation-system-information/documents/ca16-2508-finalreport-a11y.pdf.

Zhang, Yixin, Xumei Chen, Yatao Zhao, Jiaxin Ma, and Lei Yu. “A Methodology for Measuring the Environmental Effect of Autonomous Bus Considering Platooning.” Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment 107, no. 103300 (June 2022). doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2022.103300.

I was just about to post this

[johnny two cool]

Yeah, but were you about to post...


THIS?

The right price for curb parking is the lowest price a city can charge while still leaving one or two open spaces on each block. If no spaces are vacant, the price is too low. If many spaces are vacant, the price is too high. If one or two spaces are vacant, drivers can always find an open spot at their destinations and the price is right. With this Goldilocks pricing policy, curb parking is both well-used (most spaces are occupied) and readily available (a few are vacant).

Goldilocks pricing for curb parking benefits cities in three ways.

First, because drivers won’t have to circle the block to find an open space, the right prices for curb parking will reduce traffic congestion, air pollution, and carbon emissions.

Second, by encouraging turnover, the right prices for curb parking will benefit the economy. Drivers will park, buy something, dine somewhere, or visit someplace and then leave, freeing up spaces for other people to do the same.

Third, the right prices for curb parking will help reform land use. Because open curb spaces will be available everywhere, cities can remove off-street parking requirements that increase the cost of everything except parking.

Goldilocks parking prices are not a new idea. In 1954, William Vickrey, who would later win the Nobel Prize for Economics, proposed that cities should set the prices for curb parking to “keep the amount of parking down sufficiently so that there will almost always be space available for those willing to pay the fee.”

Demand-priced curb parking sounded outlandish and impractical when Vickrey recommended them in the 1950s, but new technologies make it sensible and practical now. Several cities, including Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C., have adopted this policy. But if cities charge market prices for curb parking, how will drivers decide where to park?

Shoup, Donald. “Parking That’s Just Right.” Transfers Magazine, August 2023. transfersmagazine.org/magazine-article/issue-11/parking-thats-just-right/.

[cruststache]

www.axios.com/2024/08/27/kamala-harris-flip-flops-border-wall
Waiting for "build her wall" signs

[killedbyboard]

Narc, how are we feeling about the supposed expansion of the LA mass transit system ahead of the Olympics in 2028? Pipe dream? Think it'll be temporary or long lasting infrastructure improvement? Will LA mass transit continue to be a statewide inside joke?

[johnny two cool]

Trump and company successfully shifted the Overton window on immigration policy. Probably an indication that it would be bad if he were president again.

[johnny two cool]

Aug 27, 2024 11:44:09 GMT -5 killedbyboard said:

Narc, how are we feeling about the supposed expansion of the LA mass transit system ahead of the Olympics in 2028? Pipe dream? Think it'll be temporary or long lasting infrastructure improvement? Will LA mass transit continue to be a statewide inside joke?

I think substantial improvements have been made. The expansion is happening -- LA Metro (which is a county-level agency) is building more than any other agency in the country right now. I guess LA Metro is at least claiming they're going to pull it off, but I have no idea what the discussions are like within the agency. The amount of difficulty LA Metro faces when it comes to just building a single heavy rail line is immense. There's a million different ideas for various bus rapid transit lines, but if one fucking "city" on the proposed route says no, you're up shit creek without a paddle. If the City of Long Beach and the City of Los Angeles had their way, you'd probably see a whole hell of a lot more service between the two cities. You look at the A line and it's just like... Yeah, it is the longest light rail line in the world. In a bad way. In an ideal world, it would be grade-separated in more areas.  

Part of the problem is that I would think we would need coordination between a massive number of agencies to pull it off. There are a shit ton of transit agencies in the greater Los Angeles metropolitan area. LA Metro (and maybe LA DOT as welll) have succeeded in implementing dedicated bus lanes and all that, they're switching to an inhouse safety system, and there's the ambassador program that has also been implemented. But there's a national frontline workforce shortage and it's pretty bad for some agencies in LA County. No matter how much capital comes in, that's going to be a challenge. And then the demand for zero emissions... that's going to require federal money. It's a classic example of the political class making demands of the public sector without the financial support, workforce development, and legal reform necessary to do it. But maybe they'll pull it off anyway.

[Ass Dan]

Aug 27, 2024 11:43:05 GMT -5 cruststache said:

www.axios.com/2024/08/27/kamala-harris-flip-flops-border-wall
Waiting for "build her wall" signs

America is a shithole country. The will of the people is pretty ducking awful. Boomers can't die soon enough.

[cfloyd3]

I get annoyed when I have 5-8 cars in front of me, I cannot imagine living there.

[thefarce]

Aug 27, 2024 11:56:56 GMT -5 johnny two cool said:

Aug 27, 2024 11:44:09 GMT -5 killedbyboard said:

Narc, how are we feeling about the supposed expansion of the LA mass transit system ahead of the Olympics in 2028? Pipe dream? Think it'll be temporary or long lasting infrastructure improvement? Will LA mass transit continue to be a statewide inside joke?

There's a million different ideas for various bus rapid transit lines, but if one fucking "city" on the proposed route says no, you're up shit creek without a paddle. 

This gets at the heart of the problem in LA specifically. LA is one of the best places for a light/elevated rail network in the country: the weather is good enough, the population is dense enough, the streets are wide enough, and demand is there.

[johnny two cool]

Aug 27, 2024 12:32:03 GMT -5 thefarce said:

Aug 27, 2024 11:56:56 GMT -5 johnny two cool said:

There's a million different ideas for various bus rapid transit lines, but if one fucking "city" on the proposed route says no, you're up shit creek without a paddle. 

This gets at the heart of the problem in LA specifically. LA is one of the best places for a light/elevated rail network in the country: the weather is good enough, the population is dense enough, the streets are wide enough, and demand is there.

Yeah, progress is being made, but it's tough. And it gets extremely frustrating. For example, AB 60 allows undocumented immigrants to get a driver's license. Seems fine and good on the surface. But LA Metro (and other agencies) lost ridership because of this, and neighborhood composition changed, etc. Areas which had great service and high ridership now have insane parking situations and worse congestion. Making up for that loss of ridership has been difficult. But, the big, big problem is definitely the fragmentation of governance and the immense power of some asshole city council member or neighborhood association.

And operations. CA has dumped lots of money into capital projects, but its operations that need a kickstart. You gotta have the workers to provide the service, and LA/OC/Ventura do not.

Positive recent developments:


Nieves, Alex. “How Unions Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love Crosswalks.” POLITICO, August 26, 2024. www.politico.com/newsletters/california-climate/2024/08/26/how-unions-stopped-worrying-and-learned-to-love-crosswalks-00176391.


hahn.lacounty.gov/federal-transit-authority-greenlights-funding-for-southeast-gateway-line/

[meatballmaniac]

Aug 27, 2024 12:26:04 GMT -5 Ass Dan said:

Aug 27, 2024 11:43:05 GMT -5 cruststache said:

www.axios.com/2024/08/27/kamala-harris-flip-flops-border-wall
Waiting for "build her wall" signs

America is a shithole country. The will of the people is pretty ducking awful. Boomers can't die soon enough.

A generation of males raised on video games, Andrew Tate, and Kermit the Frog Peterson, is about to start voting. Boomer die-off is not going to save us and we are doomed as long as the internet exists and large, disaffected swaths of the population become increasingly downwardly mobile.

[The Last Online Marxist]

Aug 27, 2024 13:05:51 GMT -5 meatballmaniac said:

Aug 27, 2024 12:26:04 GMT -5 Ass Dan said:

America is a shithole country. The will of the people is pretty ducking awful. Boomers can't die soon enough.

A generation of males raised on video games, Andrew Tate, and Kermit the Frog Peterson, is about to start voting. Boomer die-off is not going to save us and we are doomed as long as the internet exists and large, disaffected swaths of the population become increasingly downwardly mobile.

we got a regular ol byung chul han over here

[cruststache]

www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/22/muslim-women-kamala-harris-disbands

blacklivesmatter.com/black-lives-matter-statement-on-kamala-harris-securing-enough-delegates-to-become-democratic-nominee/

Who's left, white subrannites?

[cruststache]

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Isreal is just isis with statehood